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Toward modernizing the systematic review pipeline in genetics: efficient updating via data mining.

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Purpose

The aim of this study was to demonstrate that modern data mining tools can be used as one step in reducing the labor necessary to produce and maintain systematic reviews.

Methods

We used four continuously updated, manually curated resources that summarize MEDLINE-indexed articles in entire fields using systematic review methods (PDGene, AlzGene, and SzGene for genetic determinants of Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and schizophrenia, respectively; and the Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry for cost-effectiveness analyses). In each data set, we trained a classification model on citations screened up until 2009. We then evaluated the ability of the model to classify citations published in 2010 as "relevant" or "irrelevant" using human screening as the gold standard.

Results

Classification models did not miss any of the 104, 65, and 179 eligible citations in PDGene, AlzGene, and SzGene, respectively, and missed only 1 of 79 in the CEA Registry (100% sensitivity for the first three and 99% for the fourth). The respective specificities were 90, 93, 90, and 73%. Had the semiautomated system been used in 2010, a human would have needed to read only 605/5,616 citations to update the PDGene registry (11%) and 555/7,298 (8%), 717/5,381 (13%), and 334/1,015 (33%) for the other three databases.

Conclusion

Data mining methodologies can reduce the burden of updating systematic reviews, without missing more papers than humans.

SUBMITTER: Wallace BC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3908550 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Toward modernizing the systematic review pipeline in genetics: efficient updating via data mining.

Wallace Byron C BC Small Kevin K Brodley Carla E CE Lau Joseph J Schmid Christopher H CH Bertram Lars L Lill Christina M CM Cohen Joshua T JT Trikalinos Thomas A TA

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 20120701 7

<h4>Purpose</h4>The aim of this study was to demonstrate that modern data mining tools can be used as one step in reducing the labor necessary to produce and maintain systematic reviews.<h4>Methods</h4>We used four continuously updated, manually curated resources that summarize MEDLINE-indexed articles in entire fields using systematic review methods (PDGene, AlzGene, and SzGene for genetic determinants of Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and schizophrenia, respectively; and the Tufts Cost- ...[more]

PMID: 22481134

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Toward modernizing the systematic review pipeline in genetics: efficient updating via data mining.

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